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JAXA Creates Camera That Can See Radiation

Posted by timothy on from the predator-mecha-are-next dept.

New submitter Ben_R_R writes "The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has created a camera that can 'see' radioactive contamination by detecting gamma rays emitted by radioactive cesium and other substances. The camera has been tested in the disaster evacuation zone around Fukushima. The image captures levels of radiation in six different colors and overlays the result over an image captured with a wide angle lens."

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  1. Re:Where is the data? by mocm · · Score: 5, Informative

    I saw the camera on NHK World and it is not what you may think is camera sized. It is a big cube with about 1 m sides. It also includes a small optical camera, so that you get a composite of the visual picture and the gamma radiation distribution. It is supposed to be used to check the buildings in contaminated areas and see where the radioaktive material is located.

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  2. Re:Where is the data? by rtfa-troll · · Score: 5, Informative

    This gamma ray camera from the same institute may be something related? It seems to use Scintilation from a dislocated electron (which gives away path and energy) combined with the point of impact of the gamma ray on a detector plate.

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